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Yalding weir pool (Below the Bridge) |
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Tuesday, 11 March 2008 |
Yalding (Below the bridge)
This Guide is split into two sections Above the bridge (The Weir pool) and below the bridge (this guide), due to the range of paddling opportunities on the river here.
Yalding is one of the most popular spots on the River Medway for Canoeist and Kayakers due to the great parking and easy access to the river and most days of the week some one will be seen there paddling.
It is a great place to start a flat water paddle down to Maidstone or finish a paddle from Tonbridge, taking in the sights of the Medway valley. It is also one of the safest places to paddle white water on the Medway. |
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Yalding weir pool (Above the Bridge) |
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Tuesday, 05 June 2007 |
 Yalding weir Pool ( Above the bridge )
This Guide is split into two sections Above the bridge, (The Weir pool) This guide and below the bridge, due to the range of paddling opportunities on the river here
Yalding is one of the most popular spots on the River Medway for Canoeist and Kayakers due to the great parking and easy access to the river and most days of the week some one will be seen there paddling.
It is a great place to start a flat water paddle down to Maidstone or finish a paddle from Tonbridge, taking in the sights of the Medway valley. It is also one of the safest places to paddle white water on the Medway. |
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Sluice Weir ( East Peckham ) |
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Monday, 04 June 2007 |
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Sluice Weir ( A.K.A. East Peckham )
This Sluice is the next weir up river from Yalding, It comprises of a 8-10 meter wide weir on river right with a canoe shoot to right slide of this. River Left is a 10-12 Meter wide Automatic sluice gate. |
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Monday, 04 June 2007 |
 Teston has no automatic sluice gates only a wide poor-over weir on river right a manually operated sluice in the centre of the river and a set of lock gates on river left.
To the left of the lock gates is a natural over flow that bypasses the lock gates re-entering the river at the end of the staging pier (this only works in high flood and is very overgrown). |
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Monday, 04 June 2007 |
Allington
Allington is the last sluice and lock gate on the Medway before it becomes tidal, with the tide out there is approximately 3 meter drop, and with the tide in there is virtually no drop at all.
When the tide is out the level on the tidal side of the river stays low for about 3-4 hours. The river right sluice gate is automatic and the other two gates are manual operation. |
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Monday, 04 June 2007 |
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Monday, 04 June 2007 |
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Medway Weir Guide